Malcom
Malcom was given to 91 boys in 2025, #1,775 among boys’ names; 5,864 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,260 Americans named Malcom and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 19 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Malcom by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Malcom?
#1,775 among boys’ names, 2025
Malcom rose from #2,551 in 2015 to #1,775 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 25.6 to 53.3 per million.
186 babies in 1992, the peak
Malcom peaked in 1992, when 186 boys were given it, #765 among boys’ names. The 91 births of 2025 are 49% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | #1,775 | 53.3 |
| 2024 | 95 | #1,749 | 55.1 |
| 2023 | 90 | #1,797 | 52.6 |
| 2022 | 83 | #1,901 | 47.5 |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,019 | 42.3 |
| 2020 | 81 | #1,840 | 46.9 |
| 2019 | 80 | #1,879 | 44.6 |
| 2018 | 48 | #2,627 | 26.4 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,048 | 21.1 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,040 | 20.6 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 49 | #2,551 | 25.6 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,970 | 13.5 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,878 | 21.1 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,747 | 23.2 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,533 | 25.8 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,712 | 23.5 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,604 | 15.1 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,281 | 28.4 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,156 | 30.4 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,197 | 28.7 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,450 | 23.5 |
| 2004 | 61 | #1,979 | 30.7 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,190 | 25.3 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,778 | 33.5 |
| 2001 | 62 | #1,804 | 31.9 |
| 2000 | 59 | #1,822 | 30.0 |
| 1999 | 80 | #1,449 | 41.7 |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,452 | 40.8 |
| 1997 | 101 | #1,183 | 53.6 |
| 1996 | 89 | #1,252 | 47.0 |
| 1995 | 82 | #1,299 | 43.1 |
| 1994 | 114 | #1,042 | 59.0 |
| 1993 | 124 | #968 | 63.2 |
| 1992 | 186 | #765 | 93.1 |
| 1991 | 139 | #892 | 68.8 |
| 1990 | 137 | #876 | 66.7 |
| 1989 | 107 | #986 | 53.5 |
| 1988 | 81 | #1,113 | 42.3 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,188 | 35.4 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,129 | 38.0 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,778 | 18.4 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,708 | 18.8 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,630 | 10.0 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,970 | 15.4 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,839 | 17.3 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,259 | 12.9 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,739 | 19.2 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,494 | 23.8 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,729 | 18.9 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,662 | 20.4 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,770 | 17.9 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,326 | 26.7 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,637 | 18.6 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,278 | 26.5 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,486 | 19.2 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,388 | 19.9 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,455 | 17.3 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,533 | 15.5 |
| 1967 | 30 | #1,400 | 17.2 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,053 | 27.5 |
| 1965 | 69 | #887 | 37.1 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,168 | 22.1 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,074 | 25.1 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,131 | 22.7 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,154 | 22.1 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,051 | 25.3 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,041 | 25.8 |
| 1958 | 64 | #954 | 30.2 |
| 1957 | 63 | #959 | 29.2 |
| 1956 | 64 | #938 | 30.3 |
| 1955 | 57 | #997 | 27.7 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,032 | 26.0 |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,048 | 24.3 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,142 | 21.6 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,129 | 21.8 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,097 | 23.5 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,174 | 20.9 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,370 | 16.5 |
| 1947 | 20 | #1,715 | 10.9 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,320 | 17.9 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,195 | 23.0 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,561 | 14.7 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,165 | 24.5 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,346 | 19.5 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,121 | 28.5 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,122 | 30.2 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,185 | 28.0 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,071 | 33.4 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,392 | 22.5 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,261 | 27.0 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,180 | 30.7 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,453 | 22.3 |
| 1933 | 43 | #975 | 43.4 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,194 | 31.6 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,057 | 39.4 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,106 | 36.5 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,104 | 37.2 |
| 1928 | 53 | #933 | 47.9 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,052 | 39.9 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,105 | 37.8 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,063 | 38.5 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,084 | 38.8 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,348 | 27.4 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,096 | 38.6 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,082 | 39.0 |
| 1920 | 48 | #997 | 45.1 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,337 | 29.6 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,249 | 31.6 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,163 | 36.7 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,232 | 33.7 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,256 | 33.0 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,329 | 32.1 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,136 | 41.0 |
| 1912 | 24 | #928 | 55.8 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,170 | 44.3 |
| 1910 | 13 | #911 | 66.9 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,057 | 54.9 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,175 | 45.4 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,469 | 34.1 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,180 | 45.3 |
| 1904 | 8 | #932 | 62.4 |
| 1898 | 7 | #954 | 57.1 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,169 | 44.3 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,201 | 41.8 |
| 1894 | 8 | #832 | 69.1 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,030 | 46.4 |
| 1884 | 6 | #927 | 52.4 |
| 1883 | 6 | #852 | 57.3 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,035 | 44.0 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,008 | 45.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Malcom a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Malcom has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 130 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Malcom: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Malcom, and how old are they?
4,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 5,864 Americans ever recorded as Malcom. The median Malcom alive today is 33 years old; half are between 19 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 3,831 people named Malcom (12 women and girls, 3,819 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,987 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 107 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 601 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 506 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,280 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 934 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 829 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Malcom born?
The states with the most babies named Malcom are California, Iowa and Texas, with 78% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Iowa is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7 | #2,120 | 0.3× |
| Iowa | 6 | #551 | 0.2× |
| Texas | 5 | #2,814 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 5 | #2,003 | 0.8× |
Where Malcom is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Malcom is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Malcom with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Malcom
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Malcom and names like it
- Compare Malcom and MalcolmBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sMalcom peaked in 1992.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Malcom since 1910.
- The top names of 1992The year the most babies were named Malcom.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Malcom alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.